New Sun Belt rival befuddling to ASU

Arkansas State University defensive coordinator Joe Cauthen was having trouble comparing the offense operated by Saturday's opponent, Coastal Carolina, to anybody else in the Sun Belt.

"We haven't seen anybody like this," Cauthen said of Coastal Carolina (1-4, 0-2), which has the conference's sixth-ranked scoring offense (27 points per game).

Cauthen then recalled a game in 2015, when ASU surrendered 454 total yards to quarterback Louisiana-Lafayette quarterback Jalen Nixon, who recorded over 200 yards in both passing and rushing and had three total touchdowns in a 37-27 ASU victory.

"Lot of quarterback run game," Cauthen said, comparing Louisiana Lafayette and Coastal Carolina. "A lot of…